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Examples
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He was so sleeply engaged in his task, that he started as the heavy door opened with a jarring noise, and the sword, escaping from his hold, rolled on the stone floor with a heavy clash.
Anne of Geierstein 2008
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Discovering his mistake after a while, he appeared to grow rather sleeply and discontented, and had more than once suggested the proprieity of an immediate departure, when the door opened, and the child herself appeared.
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Today, if my sleeply brain remembers correctly, Ella and I met Pippin and Gemma, two Portuguese Water Dogs, and their unnamed owners.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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The heavy-sliding stream in its sleeply song they leave,
The Fairy Thorn 1895
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Discovering his mistake after a while, he appeared to grow rather sleeply and discontented, and had more than once suggested the proprieity of an immediate departure, when the door opened, and the child herself appeared.
Old Curiosity Shop 1800
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My wife's sleeply voice answered as I told her the news she went quiet and with tears and a shaking voice said I will call you back.
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The sleeply heads were awakened by her chiding: My court is not for you to have your siesta.
zorro-unmasked 2008
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I hope that makes sense… I’m seeing double here – sleeply Also – Edward, you mentioned Burroughs.. who is he?
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At one point, one of the characters finds himself in a San Francisco that more closely resembles our own than the sleeply seaside city ruled by the Japanese, suggesting that the world of Dick’s book is, in fact, an illusion.
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